National Building Museum: Art Spaces: A History of the Building

by Laura Burd Schiavo

Discover the original United States Pension Bureau, now home to the National Building Museum. This book reveals the architectural and engineering ingenuity of the National Historic Landmark, known as one of Washington’s most spectacular structures and celebrated as “the most astonishing space in America” by the late architect Philip Johnson. The book traces the building’s history, beginning in the 1880s, to its present state as a museum dedicated to architecture, design, engineering, urban planning, and construction. Publisher: Scala Publishers. (Paperback)